CreateQualificationType

Description

The CreateQualificationType operation creates a new Qualification type, which is represented by a QualificationType data structure.

Request Parameters

CreateQualificationType accepts parameters common to all operations. Some common parameters are required. See Common Parameters for more information.

The following parameters are specific to the CreateQualificationType operation:

Name	Description	Required
Operation	The name of the operation. Type: String Valid Values: CreateQualificationType Default: None	Yes
Name	The name you give to the Qualification type. The type name is used to represent the Qualification to Workers, and to find the type using a Qualification type search. Type: String Default: None Constraints: Must be unique across all of your Qualification types.	Yes
Description	A long description for the Qualification type. On the Amazon Mechanical Turk website, the long description is displayed when a Worker examines a Qualification type. Type: String Default: None Constraints: Must be less than or equal to 2000 characters.	Yes
Keywords	One or more words or phrases that describe the Qualification type, separated by commas. The keywords of a type make the type easier to find during a search. Type: String Default: None Constraints: Must be less than or equal to 1000 characters, including commas and spaces.	No
RetryDelayInSeconds	The number of seconds that a Worker must wait after requesting a Qualification of the Qualification type before the worker can retry the Qualification request. Type: Non-negative integer Default: None. If not specified, retries are disabled and Workers can request a Qualification of this type only once, even if the Worker has not been granted the Qualification. It is not possible to disable retries for a Qualification type after it has been created with retries enabled. If you want to disable retries, you must dispose of the existing retry-enabled Qualification type using DisposeQualificationType and then create a new Qualification type with retries disabled.	No
QualificationTypeStatus	The initial status of the Qualification type. Type: String Valid Values: Active | Inactive Default: None	Yes
Test	The questions for the Qualification test a Worker must answer correctly to obtain a Qualification of this type. If this parameter is specified, TestDurationInSeconds must also be specified. Type: String Default: None. If not specified, the Worker may request the Qualification without answering any questions. Constraints: Must not be longer than 65535 bytes. Must be a QuestionForm data structure. This parameter cannot be specified if AutoGranted is true.	No
AnswerKey	The answers to the Qualification test specified in the Test parameter, in the form of an AnswerKey data structure. Type: String Default: None. If not specified, you must process Qualification requests manually. Constraints: Must not be longer than 65535 bytes.	No
TestDurationInSeconds	The number of seconds the Worker has to complete the Qualification test, starting from the time the Worker requests the Qualification. Type: Integer Valid Values: Positive integer Default: None Conditions: Required if the Test parameter is specified.	Conditional
AutoGranted	Specifies whether requests for the Qualification type are granted immediately, without prompting the Worker with a Qualification test. Type: Boolean Valid Values: true | false Default: None Constraints: If the Test parameter is specified, this parameter cannot be true.	No
AutoGrantedValue	The Qualification value to use for automatically granted Qualifications. This parameter is used only if the AutoGranted parameter is true. Type: Integer Default: 1	No

Response Elements

A successful request for the CreateQualificationType operation includes the elements found in the following table:

Name	Description
QualificationType	The created Qualification type. Type: A QualificationType data structure.

Examples

The following example shows how to use the CreateQualificationType operation.

Sample Request

The following example creates a Qualification type.

https://mechanicalturk.amazonaws.com/?Service=AWSMechanicalTurkRequester
&AWSAccessKeyId=[the Requester's Access Key ID]
&Version=2017-01-17
&Operation=CreateQualificationType
&Signature=[signature for this request]
&Timestamp=[your system's local time]
&Name=EnglishWritingAbility
&Description=The%20ability%20to%20write%20and%20edit%20text...
&QualificationTypeStatus=Active
            

Sample Response

The following is an example response.

<CreateQualificationTypeResponse>
  <OperationRequest>
    <RequestId>5218189c-1d7e-49a3-abbf-672fb5e77c66</RequestId>
  </OperationRequest>
  <QualificationType>
    <Request>
      <IsValid>True</IsValid>
    </Request>
    <QualificationTypeId>ZSPJXD4F1SFZP7YNJWR0</QualificationTypeId>
    <CreationTime>2009-07-13T17:26:33Z</CreationTime>
    <Name>SampleQualificationTest</Name>
    <Description>Description of my qualification test.</Description>
    <QualificationTypeStatus>Active</QualificationTypeStatus>
    <AutoGranted>0</AutoGranted>
  </QualificationType>
</CreateQualificationTypeResponse>

Related Operations

• AssignQualification

• DisposeQualificationType

• GetQualificationType

• UpdateQualificationType